roar

to utter a loud, deep, rumbling sound, as a lion or a person in excitement, pain, anger, etc.

to breathe with a loud, hoarse, rasping noise, as a diseased horse

to talk or laugh loudly and boisterously

to make a loud noise in moving, operating, etc., as a motor or gun

to resound with a noisy din

Origin of roar

Middle English raren ; from Old English rarian, akin to German rehren ; from Indo-European echoic base an unverified form rei-, to cry out from source Sanskrit rǡyati, (he) bellows, Old Norse rāmr, hoarse

transitive verb

to utter in or express with a loud, deep sound

to make, put, force, etc. by roaring: to roar oneself hoarse

noun

a loud, deep, rumbling sound, as of a lion, bull, person or crowd shouting, etc.; sound of roaring

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Fishes do not roar; they cannot express any sound of suffering; and therefore the angler chooses to think they do not suffer, more than it is convenient for him to fancy. Now it is a poor sport that depends for its existence on the want of a voice in the sufferer, and of imagination in the sportsman. Leigh Hunt